Frying apparatus.



- l. M. STIVEHS 6L A. C. ENOCHS.

u FRYING APPARATUS.

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Specification or Letters Patent.

Patented 'July 9, 1918.

Applicationled December 26, 1917. Serial No. 208,771.

TozriZZy @Mamet-.may concern:

Improvements. in. Frying, Apparatus, oi whichl .the .following is a spcification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings..

In frying meats, potatoes, pancakes, or.v

mush on one side at a time, much of the flavor is lost and a great deal of time wasted.

The object, therefore, of the invention is to provide means for frying or cooking both sides of the meat, potatoes, or other articles of food at the same time.

Other objects and advantages of the in vention will be set forth in the ensuing` de scription.

The drawings show one embodiment o1' the invention in practical form.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the apparatus in use.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View oi' a. portion of the apparatus.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view, with no parts shown below the line A-A of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, and is substantially an enlarged reproduction of the upper portion of Fig. 2.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in all the figures.

The invention includes means, such, for example, as the common frying-pan 5 heated by and on the common as range or other stove 6, for frying or cooking the lower side of the meat 7; and in carrying out the objects stated the invention further includes the improved apparatus shown in Figs. 2 to 4, which is arranged to be brought into position to fry the upper side of the meat at the same time the lower side is being fried.

That portion of the apparatus designed to fry the upper4 side of the meat 7 includes a plate 8, hereinafter referred to as a hot-plate, and this hot-plate is adapted to rest on the upper side of the meat 7 while the latter lies on the bottom 9 of the fryingp With the meat 7 fried on its lower side by the bottom 9 of the frying-pan 5 and simultaneously on its upper side by the hot-plate S, both sides are sealedt7 atthesameftime and the. juicesand ilavor are thus; prevented fromA escaping from one sidewhile .tl1e. other is :being-fried.'

Any suitable `means .may be. employed to. i

keepthe hot-plate -8 at properffrying. tem.: perature.

In. |the V present instancel the inventors .pro-

vide a gas burner 10 and mount said burner on short posts Vl1 :whichrgproj ectdup:integrally-l rom .the hot-plate 8, screws 12 being employed to secure said burner to said posts.

The lower wall 13 of the burner 10 is perforated, as at 14, so that the ame from escaping gas is directed downward into the hot-plate 8 as shown in F ig. 2.

Gas is supplied to the burner 10 through a central upwardly-projecting integral tu` bular mixer 15, which is not materially unlike mixers already used in connection with gas burners.

The gas is fed into the upper end of the mixer 15 by a flexible tube 16, which delivers downward into the conical upper end of said mixer in such manner as to draw in through openings 17 the air required for a fuel mixture.

To hold the heat from the burner 10 down toward the hot-plate 8, a sheet-metal cover 18 is provided, and this cover is supported by an integral dome portion 19 which revolubly embraces and Hts the mixer 15.

The upper wall 20 of the dome 19 is provided with inlet openings 21 which are adapted to register with openings 17 in the top wall 220i the mixer, and by revolving the dome the over-lap of the openings 21 and 17 may be adjusted to control the inlet of air.

The dome 19 is held down in pla-ce on the mixer 15 by a bush 23 which is screwthreaded into the top wall 22 of the mixer, and the iiexible tube 16 tightly fits this bush or support.

The tube 1G may lead from any suitable source of supply.

1n this instance, a pipe 24 leads from the T-joint 25 commonly found in the fuelsupply pipe 26 of a common gas stove; thence upward as at 24h; and thence for a short distance across over the stove as at 24; the tube 16 being connected to the pipe extension 25c and leading thence to the mixer 15 as shown.

The pipe 21' is provided with the necessary valve 27, and if necessary for convenience a support 28 may be attached to some portion 29 of the stove to keep the tube 16 5 from swinging downward too far.

The flexible tube 16 permits the upper or top-frying portion of the apparatus to be moved about over the stove or to be rested on any part of the stove while the meat 7 is being placed into or taken from tbe frying-pan 5.

vThe following is claimed 1. In apparatus of the class described, a plate, a burner mounted on the plate, a tubular fuel mixer extending upward from the burner, means for supplying fuel to the mixer, a cover for the burner, said cover having a dome portion revolubly embracing the tubular mixer, said mixer and dome having openings adapted to be brought into register.

2. In apparatus of the class described, aV plate, a burner mounted on the plate, a tu-4 the tubular mixer, a bush extending down through the top wall of the dome portion and screwthrea'ded into the top wall of the mixer, a flexible fuel-supply tube inserted through the bush, the top walls of the dome and mixer having inlet openings adapted to be brought into register by revolving theY dome.

Witness our hands this 18 day of December, 1917.

JAKE M. STIVERS. ANDREW C. ENOGHS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, l

Washington, D. G. 

